Have you ever dropped your camera? I did last night :(

Have I ever dropped my camera? Yes. And I don't want to talk about it. Actually, the camera was fine but the lens was trashed. Expensive mistake.

Two times - with damage - two different cameras.

#1 - Canon EOS Elan: Was at Shea Stadium about 8 or 9 years ago for Fuji Photo Day. Early in the morning, arrived at Shea with my kids... Waited in a line for about 2 hours, then they shuffled you in from the centerfield wall (amazing feeling to see the stadium from that perspective.... Anyway...) Then we get to walk completely around the warning track and on field, are the players... sitting in chairs, although some did come to the ropes, and you got to take their picture. The ones who came to the ropes were great cause they would take the close-ups with the kids... Well, I make it around the stadium, get the pictures, including one of Mike Piazza... and am heading back out thru the centerfield wall, go to put my camera away in my bag, while walking and, well..... I missed! Camera was not completely in the bag when I let go... and crashing to the ground it went, shattering my Sigma Lens to pieces connected by wires... Lesson Learned: Stop Walking To Put Camera Away.

#2 - Canon Rebel XTi: Last December - Shooting a Sweet 16, first time using my flash bracket now that I finally had the Remote Flash Cord (Canon). Getting great shots and decided I wanted to get some "Party Atmosphere" shots from an elevated height. So, I mount my Camera with remote shutter release, Flash Bracket and Flash on my tripod and begin to raise the camera to the heighest the tripod will let me and right when I get to the top... the camera, flash bracket and flash tip over and with the extra weight and momentum....comes flying off the tripod and to the ground.... Flash and flash end of the Flash Cord snapped apart... Flash was unable to be used for the rest of the party.... Camera was working fine, cause the flash broke the fall... Had to take the Candle Lighting pictures with the pop-up flash... Lucky it was towards the end of the evening and I had most of the shots I wanted to get.... Lesson Learned: Check to make sure all tripod adjusters are tightened to avoid possible tip overs...

Those are my two stories...

I have lost count as to haow many times I have had it drop or slam in to something. Actually every camera I have had has dropped. So far my D300 has held up well, even after falling on a lens hard enough to knock the aperture blades out of their place.

Yes...once 2 years ago. I was up in Pennsylvania at Corvettes of Carlisle show. I had a booth set up for my old company and had set my camera down on table and was talking to a client. I heard a few people make a EKKKK noise and I turned around and someone had bumped into the table and knocked my camera with my 70-200mm to the ground. I was lucky... the ground was soft grass.

No, but a few days ago I had a very close call. Something like what happened to you I got my bag out of the car I THOUGHT I had zipped it when I finished shooting but had only done half of it, luckily I had fastened the strap across the camera. When I got in the house and saw that one side of my bag was unzipped it scared the "you know what" out of me. Oh I should add it is a backpack and I had slung it over my shoulder as if it were properly closed, I am lucky that I did not lose a lens, lesson learned. Note to self check zipper before picking up bag.

Sorry to say yes, but I was lucky. Not damage done

Knock on wood no!

Joiemagic wrote: Two times - with damage - two different cameras.

#1 - Canon EOS Elan: Was at Shea Stadium about 8 or 9 years ago for Fuji Photo Day. Early in the morning, arrived at Shea with my kids... Waited in a line for about 2 hours, then they shuffled you in from the centerfield wall (amazing feeling to see the stadium from that perspective.... Anyway...) Then we get to walk completely around the warning track and on field, are the players... sitting in chairs, although some did come to the ropes, and you got to take their picture. The ones who came to the ropes were great cause they would take the close-ups with the kids... Well, I make it around the stadium, get the pictures, including one of Mike Piazza... and am heading back out thru the centerfield wall, go to put my camera away in my bag, while walking and, well..... I missed! Camera was not completely in the bag when I let go... and crashing to the ground it went, shattering my Sigma Lens to pieces connected by wires... Lesson Learned: Stop Walking To Put Camera Away.

#2 - Canon Rebel XTi: Last December - Shooting a Sweet 16, first time using my flash bracket now that I finally had the Remote Flash Cord (Canon). Getting great shots and decided I wanted to get some "Party Atmosphere" shots from an elevated height. So, I mount my Camera with remote shutter release, Flash Bracket and Flash on my tripod and begin to raise the camera to the heighest the tripod will let me and right when I get to the top... the camera, flash bracket and flash tip over and with the extra weight and momentum....comes flying off the tripod and to the ground.... Flash and flash end of the Flash Cord snapped apart... Flash was unable to be used for the rest of the party.... Camera was working fine, cause the flash broke the fall... Had to take the Candle Lighting pictures with the pop-up flash... Lucky it was towards the end of the evening and I had most of the shots I wanted to get.... Lesson Learned: Check to make sure all tripod adjusters are tightened to avoid possible tip overs...

Those are my two stories...

OUCH!!

Poor cameras. Reading all of these make me

Dropped my Yashica 230AF film camera in Majorca and it fell to pieces, unrepairable, I actualy cried big wuss I am.
Dropped my D70s, luckily onto soft ground so no damage.
dropped my laptop onto a laminated floor and a corner of the case broke off but it still worked.
Luckily my D300 has never been dropped although I haver clattered it against a few pieces of furniture now and again.

last winter I failed to secure my camera bag and one of my D90 bodies hit the concrete floor at the hockey arena- OUCH. Luckily no damage and it still is working great

Rob pix4u2 wrote: last winter I failed to secure my camera bag and one of my D90 bodies hit the concrete floor at the hockey arena- OUCH. Luckily no damage and it still is working great

I have the same camera, how high was it off the ground before it took the fall?

Yes I have I tripped over a tractor one day after a shot I fell on top of it and dropped my camera and lens It hit the ground and messed up the sensor and focusing system. It took me a year to replace it

OMG, yes, I dropped mine...or should I say, it slid down off of the strap that I INCORRECTLY attached to it. My hands were full and I could feel it start sliding slowly down towards the ground. I'm quite tall so as it slid and slid, and slid my heart was dropping - for what seemed like forever!!!! Mine hit on the lens and although the lens glass didn't get scratched, the camera itself does not do autofocus on ocassions. I was so not happy with myself.

I dropped my camera bag once that had my D70S in it and it locked up. The lens wouldn't come off and the camera no longer worked. Ugh...not happy.